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PATENLQIEFIQ l FREDERICK.' MYERS,

QE NEW YORK, NuY.

IMPROVEMENT IN -SAD AND FLUTING IRONS' .Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 112,482, dated March 7, 1871.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, FREDERICK MYERS, of

the city, county, and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Combined Sad `and Fluting Iron; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art' to make and use ythe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to improvement-s in combined sad-irons and fluting-iron's of that class in which two cast-metal plates, consisting of a lower one'and an upper one, are used, the lower one having a smooth sad-iron face on the bottom and a corrugated upper face, and the upper one being corrugated onthe lower side, and both being provided with connecting devices, by which they may be connected together when the instrument is to be used as a sad-iron, and disconnected when it is to be used for iiuting; and the invention consists in the construction of the two .plates l with convex uted surfaces, for acting on the goods by a rolling motion, and the employment, in connection therewith,'of connecting apparatus which will admit-of such rolling or oscillating motion, and, at `the same time, be capable of ,holding them rmly together when the instrument is used as a sad-iron;

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of Ymy improved combined sad and Aliutin'g iron. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end view.

Similar letters of reference lindicate corresponding parts.

`A is the lower plate, and B the `upper one.

The plate A is shaped in the form and finished on the bottom to correspond with the ordinary sad-iron. The `upper surface, for about halt the length, is made convex and grooved or corrugated, as indicated at D. Immediately in front of this convex iluted part a broad stud, E, rises vertically, land terminates in a cap, F, `projecting over each edge.` Near the point is` a deep socket, Gr, and in front of this a bifurcated vertical stud, H.

` The part B is made convex, and corrugated rugated part of A, and has a broad vertical mortise, I, through it, in front of the said corrugated part, for the stud E to rise up through. Near the point is a vertical stud, K, extending downward into the socket Gr, and from this stud a pivot, L, extends forward to rest and work in the bearing formed by the. bottom of the bifurcation in the stud H.

M is a forked wedge, iitted on the top of plate B, in connection with any suitable guide, as at N, for holding it in place, while admitting of sliding under the cap F to lock the two parts together, and sliding backward for releasing them.

O represents the corrugated sheathing, ot' brass or other non-corrosive metal, which I apply to these cast-metal plates for protecting the goods from rust. i

When the locking key or wedge isforced under the cap F the two parts are held firmly together and serve for the ordinary uses of a sad-iron but when vwithdrawn the plate B may be raisedoff of A for the applicationof the muslin to be iiuted, and the plate B may be set down on A and the goods, iirst at one edge, and then rolled over to the other edge, in a way to draw the goods gradually and sucto strain them much less than when the corrugated surfaces are ilat, as in other combined ironing and uting machines.

The pivot L may be dispensed with', and the point of the stud K may rest on the bottom of the notch Gr, and serve for the point of oscillation equally as well as the pivot does, while affording the same facility for detachin g the two parts. y

I am aware that it is not new to make convex iiuted or corrugated uting-plates, to be worked by oscillating one on the other, and I do not, therefore, claim such broadly; but,

, Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to sec/ure by Letters Patentf 1.- 'Ihe employmentl of the convex fluted plates, in combination wit-h connecting` apparatus for holding them together for use of one as a sad-iron, one of said plates being propin the part corresponding to the convex cor cessively into the grooves in a way calculated neeted for the purpose.

` eriy arranged therefor, While admitting of the :L bearing for it, or not, all substantially as required oscillation for uting when diseonspecified.

' The above specicatlon of my invention 2. The combination,- with the two parts A signed by me this 21st day of December, 1870. and B of the sad and Hating iron, of the capped stud E, Wedge M, and stud K, the latter tting in zt recess, G, and either provided with the pivot L, and the platte A with FREDERICK MYERS. Witnesses:

GEO. W. MABEE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

